From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 3 22:12:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E23B51065686 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:12:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4FB8FC19 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:12:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi17 with SMTP id 17so359274wwi.31 for ; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:11:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2gLkRTNLK5nvAvZgqBKMp2fw2UTZoxodohANsSRwUtQ=; b=G1pMhH/Ege+g+KJ7eC5/dlw8Bgffbg0zlh4PzLrDD4viQ6i+RBTJoGP30mcsS6uhfy xxi+e7qQUaxkVAJuqCDeRebOW7uNmsYSKv/V1fhUa1t03BCyGePfslowDcEUtDG67ZHq oBzymvNFb64klkb4plADIkRBD0u2I28IackLQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xaJp75Fb6/fm68jAA52wfly/zkq/3kxKxyitMwq0Wd+/L7NOWoJz+3kY6vMGbRNuIj MYghFrQWssSwVXrzDdhRHlB5Zwv+Cuh4FKIB2/OJHiZJM6EI49WvaChn7kCvrTDF+Yr4 ayIWkU6CykAOKPFzsZ2GsA5MrDqDxGCzjADiQ= Received: by 10.227.134.18 with SMTP id h18mr857424wbt.216.1278195112246; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:11:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i25sm17317763wbi.16.2010.07.03.15.11.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:11:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 23:11:48 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100703231148.0f06f534@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <201006291638.o5TGckAJ005459@mail.r-bonomi.com> <4C2A37D6.2060506@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Just want to ask X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:05 -0000 On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0100 Chris Rees wrote: > On 29 June 2010 19:18, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Matthew Seaman > > wrote: > >> > >> Whether or not he agrees with them is a matter of philosophical > >> interest only, so long as he keeps to the terms. > > > > Agree TO them, not agree WITH them. > > _______________________________________________ > > As I remember, agree _to_ is valid only when followed by a verb > infinitive (which is indeed where the `to' comes from); To can be part of an infinitive, but in this case it's a preposition. "Agree to them" and "agree with them" have different meanings: roughly comply and concur. I presume he was trying to precis the answer, rather than correct the grammar.